MOBILE, Ala. -- A Mobile man was arrested Tuesday evening for his participation in a burglary during which an accomplice was shot and killed, authorities said today in a news release.

Regis Watson, 20, was held in the Mobile County Metro Jail on $6,000 bail, charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary and two counts of second-degree assault, according to jail records.

According to the release, a man identified as Watson was shot during the Oct. 28 burglary of a home on Driftwood Drive North, officials said.

Marcus Steele was found shot and lying in the driveway of a home in the 1300 block of Driftwood Drive North, police said. Steele later died at the University of South Alabama Medical Center.

Watson fled from Driftwood Drive, police said. He later told police that he had been shot near the 1000 block of Baltimore Street and taken to the University of South Alabama Medical Center for treatment, police said.

Investigators later learned otherwise, and Watson was arrested after he was released from the hospital, officials said.